gubbah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gubbah
< Australian Pidgin English, representing government man
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We had seen many such in the hills; indeed these gubbah abound all over Barbary, and are placed more frequently on elevations.
From Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. by James Richardson
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